Two Faithful Brews and The Good News

Paul Purifoy
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Welcome to "Two Faithful Brews & The Good News," where we explore the Bible and the Redemption Plan rooted in God's nature and character. Join me and my Uncle Royce as we sip our favorite brews and dive into scripture. We discuss key biblical events, the genealogy of Jesus, and the importance of a personal relationship with Him. Whether you're a believer or curious seeker, our engaging conversations aim to inspire and educate. Grab your coffee and Bible, and join us for the Good News. Subscribe now!

  1. 2d ago

    Genesis 4: Cain, Covenant & the Promise That Survived the Fall

    In Season 3, Episode 37 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce finally settle into Genesis 4:1 and begin looking at the first family outside the Garden of Eden. Genesis begins the chapter with these words: “And Adam knew Eve his wife…” There is a difference between recognizing somebody and actually knowing them. Millions of people recognized Elvis Presley. People knew his voice, his appearance, his music, his success, and his failures. But public familiarity is not the same thing as relationship. That same distinction matters inside the Church. Paul warned the Corinthians against organizing their identities around powerful personalities. One said, “I am of Paul.” Another said, “I am of Apollos.” But Paul brought the attention back where it belonged: One plants. Another waters. God gives the increase. Gifted people matter, but gifted people are still people. Gifts should be appreciated, but gifts must never become gods. Then Genesis introduces Cain. We already know what he will eventually do. We know Abel will die. We know anger, jealousy, warning, murder, lying, and judgment are coming. But Eve did not look into the face of her newborn baby and see the label that history would eventually give him. She saw her son. And that forces us to read Genesis 4 carefully. Cain’s humanity does not excuse what he will later do. But his future sin does not mean he entered the world as something less than human. That brings the warning much closer to us. Anger can grow in a human heart. Pride can grow there. Envy can grow there. Resentment can grow there. Self-deception can grow there. And God will eventually hold Cain accountable for what he chooses. But Cain’s birth also reveals something else. Adam and Eve were outside Eden. The Garden was closed. Consequences were real. Pain had entered the human experience. Death had entered the story. And yet Eve conceived. A child was born. Outside Eden, a newborn cried. The fall had consequences, but God had not abandoned His promise. Pain and promise now occupied the same world. That is one of the biggest truths in this episode: Consequences are real. But consequences are not abandonment. You may be living with the consequences of yesterday and still be standing inside the faithfulness of God today. The episode also begins developing Uncle Royce’s distinction between something being seeded and something becoming established within the unfolding story of creation and redemption. And underneath all of it is the continuing promise of God. Eden was closed. Humanity had fallen. Sin was growing roots. But God’s redemptive purpose was still moving forward. The promise survived the fall. ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Subscribe to Paul Purifoy Ministries on YouTube, follow on Rumble, and find Two Faithful Brews and the Good News wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit www.paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive the free ebook When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Paul’s newest book, Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry, is available at www.paulpurifoy.com, Amazon, your favorite bookstore, your local bookstore, or by request at your local library.

    Genesis 4: Cain, Covenant & the Promise That Survived the Fall

  2. Oct 26

    Man Looks at the Appearance: Why We Are Wrong About Icons

    How well do we really know the people we admire, criticize, follow, or place on a pedestal? In Season 3, Episode 36 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce continue moving from Genesis 3 into Genesis 4 by bringing together some seemingly unlikely names: Adam. Cain. Elvis Presley. Johnny Cash. At first, they seem worlds apart. Adam walked with God in the Garden. Elvis Presley grew up surrounded by Southern gospel influences before becoming one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world. Johnny Cash carried his own public image while fighting battles underneath it. And Cain enters Genesis 4 with a name that most of us already associate with murder. But Scripture forces us to look deeper. Cain is not first introduced as a murderer. He is introduced as a son. Before Elvis became an icon, he was a son. Before Johnny Cash became the Man in Black, he was a human being. And before Adam became the man who fell, he was created in the image and likeness of God. That brings us to one of the biggest questions in this episode: Do we actually know people, or do we relate to the image we have built of them? Millions of people recognized Elvis. They knew his voice. They knew the stage clothes. They knew the performances. They knew the stories. But recognizing a person is not the same as knowing the person. The same problem reaches far beyond celebrities. We can turn pastors into images. We can turn political figures into images. We can build imaginary versions of our spouses, parents, children, and friends. And when the real person fails to match the image we created, relationships begin to break down. First Samuel 16:7 brings the biblical correction: “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” That does not mean choices do not matter. It does not mean accountability disappears. It means human beings are more than the labels we give them. Scripture neither worships human ability nor excuses human sin. It tells the truth about the person, the choices, the consequences, and the need for grace. That is where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Adam, and Cain ultimately point back toward us. What is happening beneath the image? What is happening in the inner man? Are the pressures, approval, desires, and expectations of this world shaping who we become? Or are we allowing God to shape the heart? Because people may see the image. God sees the heart. ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Subscribe to Paul Purifoy Ministries on YouTube, follow on Rumble, and follow Two Faithful Brews and the Good News on your favorite podcast platform. Visit paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive the free ebook When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Paul’s new book, Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry, is available through paulpurifoy.com, Amazon, your favorite bookstore, your local bookstore, or by request at your local library. #ElvisPresley #GodLooksAtTheHeart #1Samuel167 #Genesis4 #JohnnyCash #BiblicalTruth #ChristianPodcast #BibleStudy #ChristianFaith #ImageOfGod #ChristianTeaching #StandFirm #TwoFaithfulBrews #PaulPurifoy #UncleRoyce #PaulPurifoyMinistries

    Man Looks at the Appearance: Why We Are Wrong About Icons

  3. Oct 19

    Banished but Not Abandoned: Whose Voice Will You Trust? | Genesis 3

    The battle in Eden was about more than a piece of fruit. It was a battle over whose word—and whose character—Adam and Eve would trust. In Season 3, Episode 35 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce finish their walk through Genesis 3 before moving into Genesis 4. Eve was not missing information. God had already established His command. Then the serpent introduced a competing argument. One voice said, in effect, trust God. The other suggested that God was withholding something desirable. And underneath that choice was an even deeper question: Whose character do you actually trust? Paul and Uncle Royce also look at Adam’s role in the garden. Adam was present when Eve encountered the serpent, and his silence becomes part of the discussion about responsibility, influence, knowledge, and choice. The conversation then returns to Johnny Cash and what happens when a life has been shaped for years by destructive voices, addiction, fame, desire, and culture—and then godly people begin speaking truth into that life. What does biblical restoration have to undo? What does genuine Christian counsel restore? And what happens when the voices that once shaped our choices are replaced by the truth of God’s Word? That brings the conversation back to Adam and Eve. After sin, they reached for fig leaves. And so do we. We sew together coverings made from achievement, reputation, busyness, excuses, success, distractions—even ministry. But fig leaves rot. Genesis 3:21 says God made garments of skin and clothed Adam and Eve. Paul connects that covering with the larger biblical story of sacrifice and ultimately the cross: humanity’s temporary, self-made covering contrasted with the righteousness God provides through Jesus Christ. Fig leaves are temporary. God’s covering is blood-bought. Adam and Eve were driven from Eden—but they were banished, not abandoned. God still provided. And He still provides today. So the question underneath this entire episode is simple: What voice are you trusting before you choose? ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Subscribe to Paul Purifoy Ministries on YouTube, follow on Rumble, and find Two Faithful Brews and the Good News on your favorite podcast platform. Visit paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive the free ebook When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Paul’s newest book, Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry, is available at paulpurifoy.com, Amazon, your favorite bookstore, your local bookstore, or by request through your local library. Trust the right voice before you choose.

    Banished but Not Abandoned: Whose Voice Will You Trust? | Genesis 3

  4. Oct 12

    The Serpent’s Voice: How Deception Shapes Your Choices

    What voice is shaping the choices you make? In Season 3, Episode 34 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce begin moving toward Genesis 4—but first, there is unfinished business in Genesis 3. The conversation begins with a striking contrast: Johnny Cash at rock bottom and Adam and Eve hiding after the fall. Different lives. Different centuries. But underneath both is a deeper question about identity, influence, shame, redemption, and whose voice we allow to shape our choices. Paul and Uncle Royce discuss Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, celebrity, idols, and the difference between how the world sees a famous person and how God sees a human being created in His image. The world may see an icon. God sees a person. A person who can fall. A person who can be deceived. A person who still needs redemption. Then the conversation returns to Eden. The serpent did not begin by physically forcing Eve to disobey God. He introduced another voice—another way of interpreting what God had already said. And that is where this episode becomes personal. What voices are we allowing to counsel us? What influences are shaping the choices we make? And when another voice contradicts what God has already said, which voice do we trust? The episode also returns to Adam and Eve’s response after sin. They reached for fig leaves and attempted to cover themselves. But self-made coverings do not last. Paul closes the episode by contrasting the covering humanity tries to manufacture with the covering God provides. The teaching points from Eden toward the sacrifice of Christ and the righteousness only He can provide. Fig leaves hide. Christ heals. So the question is not merely what happened to Adam, Eve, Johnny Cash, or Elvis Presley. The question is: What voice is shaping your choices? ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Subscribe to Paul Purifoy Ministries on YouTube, follow on Rumble, and find Two Faithful Brews and the Good News on your favorite podcast platform. You can also visit www.paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive the free ebook When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Paul’s newest book, Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry, is also available through paulpurifoy.com, Amazon, your favorite bookstore, or your local bookstore. You can also request it at your local library. Stop covering yourself with fig leaves. Stand firm in Jesus Christ. #Genesis3 #AdamAndEve #JohnnyCash #BiblicalTruth #ChristianPodcast #BibleStudy #SpiritualDiscernment #VoiceOfGod #ChristianFaith #Redemption #JesusChrist #StandFirm #TwoFaithfulBrews #PaulPurifoy

    The Serpent’s Voice: How Deception Shapes Your Choices

  5. Oct 5

    When Your Beliefs Clash With Scripture: Who Wins? | Truth in Love

    What happens when Scripture confronts something you have believed for years? Who gets the final word? In Season 3, Episode 33 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce begin in Galatians and Genesis and follow the covenant story from Abraham, Isaac, and Israel toward its ultimate foundation in Jesus Christ. The conversation begins with covenant and asks whether we can become so consumed with modern arguments, governments, borders, culture, and politics that we miss the redemptive story underneath it all. From there, Paul and Uncle Royce move into a deeper question about humanism and authority: what happens when mankind begins treating itself as the final authority for truth? That question does not stop with government. It reaches the church. It reaches denominational traditions. And eventually, it reaches each one of us. Uncle Royce talks candidly about his own journey from simply holding tightly to what he had been taught toward pursuing a deeper understanding of the character of God. The conversation then turns to Galatians 1, where Paul warns believers about being drawn toward “another gospel” and allowing the Gospel of Christ to be changed into something else. That raises a difficult question for the Church today: Are we faithfully proclaiming Scripture to this generation, or are we trying to make Scripture fit this generation? But conviction cannot become an excuse for hatred. Paul and Uncle Royce bring the conversation back to Ephesians 4:15 — speaking the truth in love. Biblical conviction does not require hatred toward people. The episode emphasizes that believers can reject ideas, condemn evil actions, disagree with religious beliefs, and challenge governments while still remembering that people are the ones Christ died to reach. And then the question becomes personal: When Scripture confronts my politics, who wins? When Scripture confronts my traditions, who wins? When Scripture confronts my desires or something I have believed for thirty years, who wins? Because if God is only Lord when we agree with Him, then we have made ourselves the final authority. The episode closes where the entire conversation ultimately belongs: Jesus Christ, the Sure Foundation. First Corinthians 3:11 declares that no other foundation can be laid than Jesus Christ. ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Visit paulpurifoy.com to subscribe and receive the free ebook When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Paul's newest book, Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry, is also available through paulpurifoy.com, Amazon, your favorite bookstore, or your local bookstore. You can also request it through your local library. Subscribe to the Paul Purifoy Ministries YouTube channel, follow on Rumble, and follow Two Faithful Brews and the Good News on your favorite podcast platform.

    When Your Beliefs Clash With Scripture: Who Wins? | Truth in Love

  6. Sep 28

    The Cost of Impatience: When We Try to Help God | Isaac & Ishmael | Part 2

    What happens when God gives you a promise, but you get tired of waiting for Him to fulfill it? That is where Season 3, Episode 32 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News begins. In Part 1, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce asked whether man can overrule God and explored God's authority, Abraham, and covenant. New to this two-part study? Begin with Part 1: Stop Trying to Overrule God for the discussion of God’s authority, Abraham, and covenant. Now in Part 2, the conversation moves deeper into Isaac, Ishmael, Genesis 17, God's promise, and Abraham's struggle to trust God's timing. Abraham had the promise. He had the covenant. He had God's Word. But before Isaac arrived, Abraham and Sarah attempted to accomplish through human effort what God had already promised to accomplish Himself. And that raises a much bigger question for us: How much trouble begins when we try to produce through the flesh what God has promised to bring by His Spirit? Genesis 17 gives an important distinction. God says concerning Ishmael, “I have blessed him,” while also declaring concerning Isaac, “My covenant will I establish with Isaac.” That distinction leads Paul and Uncle Royce into a deeper discussion about faith, spiritual deception, the development of Abraham's trust, Scripture, discernment, the church, and the danger of mistaking an alternative for the fulfillment of God's promise. Because sometimes deception does not arrive looking obviously evil. Sometimes it looks almost right. Sometimes it looks close enough to God's promise that we convince ourselves it must be God's will. And that is where believers must know God's Word, know His character, learn to wait, learn to discern, and learn how to stand. The conversation also makes an important distinction concerning people: biblical conviction must never become an excuse to treat whole ethnic or religious groups as though they are beyond the reach of the Gospel. Christians are still commanded to carry the Gospel to the whole world. So before this episode ends, the question becomes personal: Am I trusting what God promised, or am I trying to manufacture the outcome myself? Faith is not simply believing God can do something. Faith is learning to trust Him enough to let Him do it His way. ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Visit paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive Paul Purifoy's free ebook, When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? Order your the New Book Release of Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry and check out the t-shirts while your on the site! Subscribe to the Paul Purifoy Ministries YouTube channel, follow us on Rumble, and follow Two Faithful Brews and the Good News on your favorite podcast platform. Keep searching. Keep digging. Keep testing what you hear against Scripture. Keep standing on the Sure Foundation.

    The Cost of Impatience: When We Try to Help God | Isaac & Ishmael | Part 2

  7. Sep 21

    Stop Trying to Overrule God: The Reality of the Great I AM | Part 1

    Can mankind overrule God? Or does man simply suffer the consequences when he believes he can? In Season 3, Episode 31, Part 1 of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce begin with a question that reaches far beyond politics: Who has the final authority? Government? Culture? The church? Our feelings? Our traditions? Or God? Beginning with the declaration of Exodus 3:14, “I AM THAT I AM,” Paul and Uncle Royce explore what it means that God is not merely the God of biblical history. He is not the Great I Was. He is the Great I AM. The conversation moves into biblical authority, Abraham, Genesis 12, Genesis 15, covenant, government, culture, the church, and the danger of treating something God established as though mankind has the authority to redefine or cancel it. The episode also turns the question inward: before we point toward governments, political movements, nations, or culture, where have we known what Scripture says and still allowed our opinions, emotions, politics, traditions, or comfort to have the final word? This is ultimately a conversation about authority. If God is truly the Great I AM, His authority does not disappear because culture changes. His Word does not become less true because mankind rejects it. And His faithfulness does not depend upon whether humanity agrees with Him. This is Part 1. In Part 2, Paul and Uncle Royce will continue deeper into Abraham's covenant, Isaac, Ishmael, Israel, and what Scripture actually says before politics, culture, history, or emotion are allowed to define the discussion. Continue this Bible study with Part 2: The Cost of Impatience, as we examine Isaac, Ishmael, and trusting God’s promise. ☕ Two Faithful Brews and the Good News 🌐 https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ Visit paulpurifoy.com and subscribe to receive Paul Purifoy's free book, When Life Makes You Question: Is There a God? While your there check out the T-Shirts and the New Book Release Evolving Calling: A Journey Through the Fivefold Ministry. Subscribe, follow, and share this episode with someone who needs to remember: God is not the Great I Was. He is the Great I AM.

    Stop Trying to Overrule God: The Reality of the Great I AM | Part 1

  8. Sep 14

    The Same Hour: Why God’s Warning Is an Act of Love

    How long can pride ignore God’s warning before mercy becomes judgment? In Daniel 4:33, King Nebuchadnezzar discovered the answer: “the same hour.” The warning had been given. Mercy had been extended. Twelve months had passed. But when pride continued to rule, everything changed in a moment. In this episode of Two Faithful Brews and the Good News, Paul Purifoy and Uncle Royce close out their study of Daniel chapter 4 and examine what Nebuchadnezzar’s fall means for believers, the Church, and our lives today. God’s patience is not permission. Paul and Uncle Royce discuss the danger of delayed obedience, what happens when conviction is continually ignored, why pride cannot see its own fall coming, and what it really means to call yourself a Christian while your life tells a different story. Uncle Royce puts a name to it: CINO — Christian in Name Only. But Daniel 4 does not end merely with judgment. Nebuchadnezzar exalted himself and was brought low. Jesus humbled Himself and was highly exalted. Pride led one king into the field, while humility led the true King to Calvary. The stump was still in the ground for Nebuchadnezzar, and the cross is still standing for us. Restoration is possible, but pride must first be broken. We do not have to wait until destruction forces us to recognize who sits on the throne. We can humble ourselves, repent, and surrender to Jesus now. Watch and listen to Two Faithful Brews and the Good News: https://twofaithfulbrewsandthegoodnews.riverside.com/ For more from Paul Purifoy Ministries and information on Evolving Calling, visit: https://www.paulpurifoy.com Subscribe, share the episode, and join us as we continue searching the Word of God together. Stand firm in Jesus.

    The Same Hour: Why God’s Warning Is an Act of Love
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Welcome to "Two Faithful Brews & The Good News," where we explore the Bible and the Redemption Plan rooted in God's nature and character. Join me and my Uncle Royce as we sip our favorite brews and dive into scripture. We discuss key biblical events, the genealogy of Jesus, and the importance of a personal relationship with Him. Whether you're a believer or curious seeker, our engaging conversations aim to inspire and educate. Grab your coffee and Bible, and join us for the Good News. Subscribe now!

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